Not sure if there is a workaround I am missing, or it's a current issue in the process of being resolved. Sorry if either of these are the case.

When I manually upload my character info from within the Lucy item collector, my data is NEVER overwritten. A new profile is simply created? I now have two characters with two profiles recorded and a further character with three profiles recorded

Additionally, although the surname is captured and shows on the detailed character profile, it does not show on the listing of all characters (Your characters link on the lefthand menu)

A further problem with the update working in this way, I have just noticed, is that the new profile deselects the expansion info as well as the 'make public' select button. This prevents those characters showing in my user profile unless I go back in and edit them once again manually.

Surely this must also be having some data storage issues for Alla as well

This is bugging me and I simply hope to find out if this is an acknowledged issue and it's currently in the development roadmap. I considered this profile updater (as well as giving the site ownership value by uploading database items) a great premium user added value tool; but I'm afraid it's causing nothing but frustration at the moment.

I cannot see any info posted by the developer for the past 2 weeks despite a number of issues being raised on this forum

Sorry, I checked and couldn't see anything wrong. Are you changing the name in the profiles after uploading or anything? Updates are keyed off of character name + server, so if you change the firstname entry for a profile, it wont be updated.

No I've not changed anything? I am working on the mem-reading method as I have an external alcatel usb modem, which is the only way it would work for me. I have manually uploaded the profile after a play session and it has duplicated entries in my character lists. What I did do was to make a manual entry into the character to re-enable the info on expansions owned and select 'make public'.

I deleted all my characters, loaded and camped them, then uploaded all profiles using the item collector 'upload' buttom in the profiles window. I then updated each profile to indicate the expansions I owned and made public to alla users. It included this profile:- http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/userinfo.html?char=392278

I then played this character some more and again completed an eq session. I selected this character in the profiles window and once again clicked the upload button (is this wrong?? will it upload automatically after doing this once only??) It created this profile:- http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/userinfo.html?char=392280

I'm confused, once again all servers have been deselected as well as the make public

I noticed that on the first, the server wasn't correct. Is this why when it recognised it for the second upload, it created a different profile ?

Yours

Confused

added with edit Just reviewed all my profiles uploaded as mentioned above. Every one of them except the last has put my server as 'any' instead of 'Ant Bayle'?

Ok, a further update. I worked up some skills again and 'uploaded' from the Item collector. The second profile was updated correctly.

I then decided to manually amend this profile to select the correct expansions. I noticed that upon entering the edit gear screen, the server select field was re-set to 'any' as opposed to remaining as indicated by the lucy upload, i.e. Ant Bayle. I'm sure I have missed this in the past and have therefore been changing my characters to 'any' server when updating expansions.

This would explain, I guess, why the item collector see's this as a different profile and creates a further one to ensure the server is specified correctly. Hope this post makes some sense. I'll carry out some further testing to verify this.

It seems that as soon as i change ANY details manually (which I have to do to select the correct expansions and make public), subsequent updates cannot recognise it as the profile to be always used to update further.

Please help

Update: Just logged on again. Zoned a few times, clicked on upload after training some new skills with GM. Second profile updated :- http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/userinfo.html?char=392280 This was the one i'd hoped would have updated when posting this message. hopefully the above was some anomoly.

Hmm that problem is similar to my problem, a new char is createdn and after I edited anything in the edit gear screen another char is created after uploading. If nothing is updated it works fine. But unfortunately I have to update the character to fix the expansions and make the char public. Another funny thing is that in the server list the localized german server (Kael Drakal) is missing so that I have to leave the character on "Any" server.

And the last funny thing is that there is no inventory or bank screen here on the webpage but the itemcol collects all the needed information (and is sending then?).

Lanys is fixed now, and Kael is added. It looks like the downtime on the 21st changed the server id numbers for Zebuxoruk and Ayonae. I'll update the itemcollector within the next day or 2 to fix them.

now everything seems to be allright, after editing my profile today I played some EQ and uploaded my profile again, no double profile, everything at the right place and for getting another aa today I am sure the uplload worked.

Just one thing I am missing terribly is my inventory and my bank, would make things much easier if those would be viewable in the character screen.

Keep on and you will shortly be the No.1 no need for another tool then :-)